STS-105

Scott Horowitz

• Birthday: 03/24/1957
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 02/22/1996
• Last Flight: 08/10/2001

Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions. Horowitz was...

Frederick W. Sturckow

• Birthday: 08/11/1961
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/04/1998
• Last Flight: 01/26/2024

Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow is an Engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut...

Vladimir Dezhurov

• Birthday: 07/30/1962
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Russia
• First Flight: 03/14/1995
• Last Flight: 08/10/2001

Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров; born July 30, 1962) is a...

Daniel T. Barry

• Birthday: 12/30/1953
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 01/11/1996
• Last Flight: 08/10/2001

Daniel Thomas Barry is an American engineer, scientist, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a contestant on the CBS reality ...

Frank L. Culbertson Jr.

• Birthday: 05/15/1949
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/15/1990
• Last Flight: 08/10/2001

Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut....

Mikhail Tyurin

• Birthday: 03/02/1960
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Russia
• First Flight: 08/10/2001
• Last Flight: 11/07/2013

Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin (Russian: Михаил Владиславович Тюрин) (born March 2, 1960) is a former ...

Patrick G. Forrester

• Birthday: 03/31/1957
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/10/2001
• Last Flight: 08/29/2009

Patrick Graham Forrester is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U...

Mission

STS-105

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-105 was a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery's final mission until STS-114, because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster. The refit included an update of the flight deck to the glass cockpit layout, which was already installed on Atlantis and Columbia.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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Agency

United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.